Ukraine: the Russian army regroups, Europe ordered to pay for Russian gas in rubles
The Russian army is regrouping for new attacks in Ukraine, estimated kyiv and NATO, while Moscow threatens to cut gas supplies to "unfriendly" countries that refuse to pay in rubles. Russian forces "are not withdrawing but repositioning themselves" in Ukraine, declared NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, judging that Moscow intends to strengthen its offensive on the Donbass region, in the east, while maintaining "the pressure on Kyiv and other cities". Russian President Vladimir Putin has for his part threatened buyers of Russian gas from "unfriendly" countries with cutting off their supply if they do not comply with the Kremlin's demands, a measure intended to support the ruble which would mainly affect the European Union. , very dependent. "They have to open accounts in rubles in Russian banks. And from these accounts they will have to pay for the delivered gas, and that tomorrow," he said.
Death of ex-rugby player Martin Aramburu: the main suspect in court
Loïk Le Priol, main suspect in the murder of former Argentinian rugby international Federico Martin Aramburu on March 19 in Paris, must be brought to justice on Friday after his surrender to France by Hungary where he was arrested. The 27-year-old young man, a former soldier and militant of the ultra-right movement Groupe Union Défense (GUD), arrived Thursday evening at Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport on board a flight from Budapest and placed in detention. He must be presented Friday morning to an investigating judge of the Paris court who will notify him of his indictment for "murder", and could question him.
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The Maltese President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, indicated on Thursday evening on Twitter that she was "on her way to kyiv". "I'm on my way to kyiv," she wrote simply in English and Ukrainian, with a Ukrainian flag and a hashtag of support for the invaded country, and a photo of her bundled up in a jacket in front of what seems to be a train car.
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